Welcome
Welcome to the online GNRHS Archives. Here you will find historic documents and photos on a wide range of Great
Northern Railway subjects, available via the links on the left side. Please also check the Announcements section below. Or try our new research site here, a work in progress with new collections added regularly. If you're looking for NPRHA research materials, please click here.
The GNRHS Archives comprise hundreds of thousands of files, drawings, books, photos and physical artifacts. These items are old, often delicate, and irreplaceable, so both locations are “closed-stack libraries” and visits require an advance appointment. All serious researchers are welcome; preference is given to GNRHS members. If you or someone you know have materials we should be preserving for prosperity? Please consider donating to the Archives.
St Paul Union Station - 1967 - Empire Builder and North Coast Limited - Matt Herson photo
New Research Site is Live
by  Bill C. Sornsin | 8/11/2024 10:01 AM | A joint project of 5 railroad historical societies including GNRHS, you'll find "Railroad Archives Online" to be a much easier-to-use source of online historical info. Click here for a direct link to the GN portion - most info is currently... | | | More Photos and Indexes Online
by Bill C. Sornsin | 11/17/2020 9:38 AM | The GNRHS Archives has posted the following new collections: | | | Barriger Railroad Library photos
by Bill C. Sornsin | 11/17/2020 9:37 AM | We've added a link to thousands of photos posted by the John W. Barriger III National Railroad Library, featuring lineside scenes from GN, NP, SP&S, Milwaukee Road and any other railroads, dating from the 1920's thru 1950's. The GN_CascadeDivision... | | | Wade Stevenson photos now indexed!
by System Account | 10/12/2020 9:03 PM | The Wade Stevenson collection of GN photos was generously donated to the GNRHS Archives by the MRHA. Scanning performed by Stuart Holmquist., indexing/descriptions by Dan Bolyard. There are holes in the collection, as some locations and railroads... | | | What's New - December 24, 2015
by System Account | 12/24/2015 3:54 PM | Dozens of new photos added to the Jim Parker collection. Mostly NP equipment, some GN. Enjoy and Merry Christmas! | | |
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Site & Archives Credits
- Archival, Scanning, Cataloging, Remodeling - Stu Holmquist, Larry Schrenk, John Thomas, Mike Borkan, Duane Amdahl, Jim Chinquist, Gary Wildung, Doug Complin, Bruce Barsness, Jim Dick, Ray Wozniak, Bob Kelly, Ed Ursem, John Oliver, Bill Sornsin, Jeff Otto, Jim Mattson, Peter Thompson and more...
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Technology & Web Development - Jeff Otto, Gary Tarbox, Brian McCoy, Dean O'Neill, Bill Sornsin.
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The Donors - too numerous to list, but without their generosity the archives would not exist.
Special Thanks - BNSF Railway and Minnesota Transportation Museum
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